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Repressing Gene Transcription by Redirecting Cellular Machinery with Chemical Epigenetic Modifiers
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La proisomerización en el cassette MLL1 PHD3-bromo conecta la lectura H3K4me con CyP33 y la represión mediada por
Zhanxin Wang1, Jikui Song, Thomas A Milne
1Structural Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Cell
|June 15, 2010
Resumen
El gen MLL1 del gen MLL1.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología molecular La biología molecular.
- La epigenética es la epigenética.
- Investigación de la investigación del cáncer.
Sus antecedentes:
- El gen MLL1 está frecuentemente involucrado en las translocaciones cromosómicas que conducen a la leucemia.
- Comprender los mecanismos reguladores de MLL1 es crucial para la biología de las células madre de la leucemia.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para dilucidar los mecanismos moleculares de la unión de MLL1 a las marcas de histona y la ciclofilina CyP33.3.
- Investigar el papel de CyP33 en la regulación de la función de MLL1 y la represión génica.
Principales métodos:
- Estudios de estructura y función de MLL1, la histona H3K4me3 / 2 y la ciclofilina CyP33.3.
- Análisis de las interacciones proteína-proteína y las funciones de dominio (PPIase, RRM, PHD3-Bromo).
- Ensayos de represión génica in vivo para HOXA9 y HOXC8.8.
Principales resultados:
- El dominio PPIase de CyP33 regula la conformación de MLL1 a través de la isomerización de prolina, interrumpiendo la interfaz PHD3-Bromo.
- El dominio MLL1-PHD3 se une simultáneamente a H3K4me3 / 2 y CyP33-RRM, formando un complejo ternario.
- La interacción MLL1-CyP33 es esencial para la represión de la expresión génica HOXA9 y HOXC8 in vivo.
Conclusiones:
- El cassette MLL1 PHD3-Bromo actúa como una plataforma de regulación.
- Esta plataforma orquesta la interacción de MLL1 con las marcas H3K4me3 / 2 y la represión mediada por CyP33 a través del reclutamiento de HDAC.
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